preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar
Refers both to the process of preserving food in sugar and to the resulting product. Common with fruits, ginger, or flowers.
This candied ginger is homemade.
Fruit preserved in sugar keeps well.
甘露煮 is a cooking method where food is simmered in sweet syrup, often soy sauce and sugar, resulting in a glazed dish, whereas 砂糖漬け is a cold preservation method using sugar.
Standard spelling.
Variant spelling without okurigana; less common but still used.
Compound of 砂糖 (sugar) + 漬け (pickling/preserving), from the verb 漬ける (to soak, pickle).